83-year-old grandmother spent hours in jail for a crime she didn’t commit, family says

An 83-year-old woman was arrested for a crime her family said she didn’t commit.

Alice Cordell’s family told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell the 83-year-old spent six hours in a holding cell, while the family worked on clearing her name.

“She was just going to the store, and I guess the police officer in Bartow decided he was going to run her plate, and when he did, he found that there was a warrant for her arrest for trafficking methamphetamine,” said Jacob Cordell…

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